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FPUS76 KOTX 172300
NOWOTX
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
400 PM PDT FRI MAY 17 2013

WAZ034-035-180030-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...
QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY
400 PM PDT FRI MAY 17 2013
.NOW...
THROUGH 530 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MOSES LAKE AREA AND UPPER
COLUMBIA BASIN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY
STATIONARY AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWN POURS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN WILL ALONG A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE AREA OF LIND...SPRAGUE...COULEE
DAM...AND EPHRATA.
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